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The Archers: 02/06/2020

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02/06/2020

BBC Radio 4 - The Archers, 02/06/2020

Susan puts her foot in it and Ed prepares for battle

Susan prepares for her first show on Radio Borsetshire with breathing exercises that Roman told her about. Susan thinks her qualities naturally lend themselves to radio. On her show, Jill’s wartime memories are read out by Danny from Radio Borsetshire and then Susan describes her role at the village shop. She pays tribute to all the essential workers before being reined in by Danny. 

Ed kicks himself for agreeing to the shearing bet with Jazzer – there’s 10 pints riding on it – Ed thinks Jazzer knows Ed's the better shearer. Ed looks forward to The Bull re-opening as he wants to properly celebrate getting back together with Emma. He hopes Emma doesn’t mind if he falls straight asleep tonight. 

To calm her nerves Susan sips some honey rum. She’s doing a phone-in about community and extolls her community-minded virtues as well as Neil’s high standing in Ambridge. She then launches into a story about how she keeps Neil happy. Prompted to listen by Emma, Susan’s revelations stun Ed and he gets behind in his and Jazzer’s shearing competition. Tomorrow is their third day shearing and he hopes he can do enough to make it a draw.

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